If the economy has any chance of surviving, the political instability must end

The first indications that a hung parliament will cause economic tremors in Pakistan have become apparent. An announcement from the IMF made...

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Manifesto season?

With a fortnight left for the polls, two major parties come up with manifestoes

On the economy’s new ‘technocratic’ caretakers

PM Kakar’s cabinet will be in the driving seat for the foreseeable future. To do any good they must hold fast to their limitations

Dime-store Democracy

There is an election around the corner we hear. This Thursday all of the country’s registered voters will have the opportunity to...
IMF-Pakistan

After the deal

In its latest monetary policy statement the State Bank of Pakistan decided to keep the discount rate unchanged. The policy rate has...

Manifesto casualness

Of the major parties, the PML(N) has not even released a manifesto, while the others are cagey about the economy

In the world of cricket India is a bully, and Pakistan their only opposition

Massive economic potential is being wasted only because both India and Pakistan have highly politicised cricket boards

Cooling the economy

For more than a year now, we have been hearing the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) tell us about how well the...

Losing confidence

The government has done the right thing to approach the Supreme Court regarding its allegations of “horse trading” in the run up...

Dragging it out

The prolonged uncertainty that has engulfed the country since the opposition’s move to table a no-confidence resolution against the Prime Minister needs...

Dear reader, we’ll be talking in lakhs and crores from now on

Forgive us for how long this has taken, but we did put a lot of thought into this decision. From now on...

Shake-up at a start-up

The exit of Daraz’s CEO doesn’t just mean a shake-up there, but shows how start-ups need to double down

Editors Note: Rich, yes, but how rich?

“If you can count your money, you don’t have a billion dollars.” J.Paul Getty Forbes Magazine has an obsession with the world’s billionaires....

Staying out of power

The Cabinet has rejected PMUs but has no solution for DISCOs